Russia returns bodies of Ukraine defenders

• Russia begins handing over bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at Mariupol steelworks.
• Hundreds of bodies removed from bombed-out mill’s now-Russian-controlled ruins.
• DNA testing ongoing to identify the bodies, which have been moved to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

Russia has begun handing over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters slain at the Azovstal steelworks, a fortress-like factory in Mariupol’s ruined city that became a symbol of resistance to Moscow’s invasion.

Hundreds of bodies were removed from the bombed-out mill’s now–Russian-controlled ruins.

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The Azov Regiment was one of the Ukrainian forces that defended the steelworks for nearly three months until succumbing to Russian ground, naval, and air attacks in May.

There was no way of knowing how many bodies were still at the site.

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